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3. The king may add voices in parliament at 

 his pleasure, for he may give privileges to borough 

 towns, and call and create barons at his pleasure. 



4. No man can sit in parliament unless he take 

 the oath of allegiance. 



The king s prerogative in war and peace. 



1. The king hath power to declare and proclaim 

 war, and make and conclude peace. 



2. The king hath power to make leagues and 

 confederacies with foreign estates, more or less strait, 

 and to revoke and disannul them at his pleasure. 



3. The king hath power to command the bodies 

 of his subjects for service of his wars, and to muster, 

 train, and levy men, and to transport them by sea or 

 land at his pleasure. 



4. The king hath power in time of war to execute 

 martial law, and to appoint all officers of war at his 

 pleasure. 



5. The king hath power to grant his letters of 

 mart and reprisal for remedy to his subjects upon 

 foreign wrongs. 



6. The king may give knighthood, and thereby 

 enable any subject to perform knight s service. 



The king s prerogative in matter of money. 



1. The king may alter his standard in baseness 

 or fineness. 



2. The king may alter his stamp in the form of it. 



3. The king may at his pleasure alter the valua 

 tions, and raise and fall moneys. 



